Apparatus and method for optical pulse measurement

Patent · Tue Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:872790

Trebino, Rick P ^[1]; Tsang, Thomas ^[2]; Fittinghoff, David N ^[3]; Sweetser, John N ^[1]; Krumbuegel, Marco A ^[4]

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1. Livermore, CA
2. Brooklyn, NY
3. San Diego, CA
4. Danville, CA

Practical third-order frequency-resolved optical grating (FROG) techniques for characterization of ultrashort optical pulses are disclosed. The techniques are particularly suited to the measurement of single and/or weak optical pulses having pulse durations in the picosecond and subpicosecond regime. The relative quantum inefficiency of third-order nonlinear optical effects is compensated for through i) use of phase-matched transient grating beam geometry to maximize interaction length, and ii) use of interface-enhanced third-harmonic generation.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94DP85000
• Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Livermore, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 6008899
• Application Number: 08/878,301
• OSTI ID: 872790
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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